Ewan MacColl
Ewan MacColl will be known to most people as a songwriter and singer, but he was also of significant influence in the worlds of theatre and radio broadcasting. He...
This exhibition celebrates the truly creative partnership between Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, and the body of revolutionary, philosophical and economic writings that their collaboration produced. Engels claimed that he was happy to be “second fiddle” to “so splendid a first fiddle as Marx” but it is hard to......
In Service 1918-2017 is an Arts Council-funded artist residency project. To mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917 which is known as the ‘war to end all wars’, artist James Bloomfield has undertaken a research residency at Salford Museum & Art Gallery and the Working Class......
The Library is marking Heritage Open Days 2017 with 'behind-the-scenes' tours on Thursday 7 and Friday 8 September at 2pm. Book in advance via enquiries @ wcml.org.uk ...
During a research visit to Dhaka this year, Jennifer discovered many links between Manchester and Lancashire traditional songs and those from Dhaka and Sylhet. Using the shared cotton industry which has acted as a bridge between the UK and Bangladesh, there are relevant comparisons to be made. Admission free;......
Ian Parks is the only poet to have his work published in the Morning Star and the Times Literary Supplement on the same day, and his new collection 'Citizens' explores the tensions between poetry and politics, the spoken and the unspoken, the private and the public. Accompanied by the......
In anticipation of this year's Shelagh Delaney Day, join Shelagh's daughter Charlotte Delaney, her biographer Selina Todd and MaD Theatre Company to discuss whether opportunities exist for young working class women to find a voice and an audience almost 60 years after A Taste of Honey first appeared. This talk is part......
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